Plowing or cultivating machine



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F. H. LIESS PLOWING OR CULTIVATING MACHINE Filed Au 15, 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES FREDERICK H. LIESS, OF WATSON, MISSOURI.

PLOWING on GULTIVATING MAGHiIxTE. 7

Application filed. August 15, 1922. Serial No. 581,972.

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK H. Lmss, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVatson, in the county of Atchison and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Plowing or Cultivating lilachine; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it ap pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a plowing or cultivating machine.

It is aimed to provide a novel machine of this character adapted to work or operate two rows simultaneously if desired and in which the parts are adjustable according to the distance between the rows and according to the depth of penetration of the plowing or cultivating tools in the soil.

Another important object is to provide a construction having a novel beam to carry the plows, cultivators or other soil-w0rking means, which beam is piv'otally mounted by a novel frame and adjustable to vary the depth of penetration of the soil, working means.

It is further aimed to provide a construction in which supporting or ground wheels are adjustable laterally with or with respect to a. soil working means accordingto the width of the rows and the function to be performed by the machine. I

A fourth object is to provide a novel construction of adjustable beam to which plows, cultivators, a combination of plows and cultivators, or other soil treating means may be secured for interchangeable use.

Still another object is to provide acoustruction in which the draft means consist of a plurality of tongues selectively adapted for individual or unitary use. I f

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration'of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawings illustrating one practical embodiment.

In said drawings b Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine; 1

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the machine;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the ma chine;

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a modified form of plow or cultivator attached to a standard;

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view on the line5-5 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a cross sectional view on the line 66 of Figure 2. 1

Figure 7 is a detail perspective view showing the mechanism for lateral adjustment of the standards;

Figure 8 is a detail view taken on line 88 of Figure 2;

Figure 9 is a front elevation of .the parts of Figure 8;

Figure 10 is a plan view showing unitary use of the draft tongues, and

Figure 11 is a cross sectional view on line 1111of Figure 10.

Like reference characters designate like or similar parts in the different views.

In reducing the invention to practice, a suitable frame is employed as generally designated at A. Said'frame has an upper transverse beam or rod 10 and a lower beam or rod 11 provided with a central arch 12 which has horizontal arms 13 which are connected'witl' the beam '10 by means of end bars at 1 1 integral with the latter. A beam as at 15 is disposed intermediate the arch 12 and the beam 10 and is secured at its ends tobars 14.

Slidable longitudinally of the arms 13 and beam 15 are sleeves or tubular mounting arms 19 and 20, respectively. Carried by the sleeves 19a1e one or more ground wheels 21. Said ground wheels are adjustable along and independently of the tubes 19 and to this end having their hubs 22"slidable along these tubes and adapted to be secured. in binding relation therewith by means of one or more set screws 28 carried, by the hubs and engageable with the sleeves.

Said sleeves 19 and 20 are journaled on the arms 13 and beam 15 and secured'thereto in any suitable manner as by means of clamps or brackets 24 are supporting arms 25, pref erably angularly disposed to obtain the maximum bracing effect and being pivotally connected by means of pintles 26 to standards 27, which mount suitable soil-working tools. A transversebar 28 may be detachably bolted as at 2.9 to each'standard 27. Braces 30 may also be detachably bolted as at 31 to the bars 28 and the standards 27 in order to rigidity the connection. In addition, the brace arms 32 may extend from the sleeves 19 to the bars 28, being connected to the former as by means of clamps or brack ets at 33. Supported on each bar 28 are a lltl plurality of disks, blades or wheels 34, j ournaled on pivots having hangers 36 secured to the arms. Adjacent each end of the arms, a standard 37 may be secured to position cultivating shovels or plow shovels 38. lVith this form of cultivating'means, the arch 12 is adapted to straddle a row of plants, for instance small corn, while the shovels 38 thereofare adjusted to plowor cultivate the soil at each side of the disks.

In lieu of the bars 28 and cultivating means carried thereby, a single shovel as suggested at 39 in the modified form of Figure 4 may be detachably bolted as at 40 to the standards 27. hen desired, this shovel may have lateral enlargements or wings 41 to provide a larger or wider furrow.

A suitable means is provided whereby the elevation of the standards 27 may be varied in order to vary the depth of cut or penetration of the plowing or cultivating tools in the soil. To this end, levers 42- are pivotally mounted at 43 on slidable brackets 44 and also pivoted at 46 to the standards 27. Thus vertical rocking movement of the levers 42 will lower or raise the standards 27. Said levers 42 may be secured in adjusted positions through coaction with segments 47.

The slidable mounting of sleeves 19 and 20 enables the standards 27 to be moved closer or farther apart, according to the rows of plants or widths desired for rows to be plowed. A suitable means is provided whereby all of the sleeves and accordingly both of the standards 27 may be simultaneously moved laterally. To this end, links 49 and 49 are pivoted at 50 to the sleeves 19 and 20 and at 51 links 49 are pivoted to links 52. Links 52 are joined by a connecting rod 53 rigid therewith. A transverse connecting link 54 is pivoted to one element 51 and pivoted at 55 to an operating lever 56 to which a connecting rod 57 is fixed and which is also fixed to a link 58 pivoted at 59 to one link 49. The other link 49 is pivoted at 60 to lever 56. Thus manipulation of lever 56 will simultaneously operate all of the sleeves. Rods 53 and 57 are journaled on any appropriateparts of the machine frame. Lever 56 may be fastened in any of its adjusted positions to a suitable segment 61 fastened to beam 10.

Tongues 16 may be fastened between arch 12 and beam 15 by removable bolts 62 passed through beams 10 and 15, the tongues being pivotally secured apart and may be connected by a bar 63 having slots 64 therein through which removable bolts 65 may be passed. A standard 66 may rise from bar 63 to support a drivers seat (not shown).

Said tongues 16 may be unitarily used as in Figure 10 by removing bar 63 and then removing bolts 62 and connecting the tongues with them as at 68. A depending stud 69 is carried by a lever 70 pivoted at 71 to beam 15 which is adapted to enter a recess formed by notches or slots 73 in side edges of the tongues to thus mount the unitary tongues in combination with arch l2 and beam 15. A locking plate or segment 72 is provided for lever 70. Lever 70 may be shifted to dispose the tongues unitarily connected at any angle desired to facilitate steering.

The levers 42, 56, and 70 are preferably resilient so that they may be sprung intermediate fixed teeth or pins 74 on their respective segments or plates and as suggested in Figure- 9, to overcome the use of plungers.

In use, the standards 27 may have the bars 28 secured thereto with the plows 38 and disk blades 34 supported therefrom or they may have a single shovel of any suitable size according to the work, as at 39 in Figure 4 secured thereto. Also, in lieu of these two soil-working means, other soil working means may be substituted accordingly to the use desired and the extent of cultivation required. The shovels 39 or equivalent parts may serve merely as plows, if desired with or without the wings 41 and said shovels may be used merely as markers to indicate rows in which seed are to be planted or otherwise. The depth of cut or penetration of the soil-working means is regulated through manipulation of the levers 42 as will be understood. The depth of penetration of the soil-working means of the difi'erent standards is individually varied or adjusted. Through the manipulation of lever 56, the standards 27 are moved closer together or wider apart according to the work. In addition, the wheels 21 through adjustment of the set screws 23 may be positioned at any desired location along the sleeves 19 according to the position of the plants. The tongues 16 may be used in either the relation shown in Figure 1 or Figure 10.

Attention is called to the fact that the 1111- proved machine may be used as -an attachment for other agricultural implements for instance a planter, so that the soil may be practically simultaneously plowed or cul tivated and planted, or the said end of plowing and planting accomplished by a single movement of the machine in one direction or the planter B may be attached to the present machine.

As merely one practical embodiment-.has been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details, combinations, arrangements and operation of the parts may be resorted to provided they fall Within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. An agricultural machine consisting of a beam, a second beam, an arch on one of said beams directly under the other beam, a draft tongue, means to secure said beams and tongue together in superposed relation at said arch, earth-working means supported and laterally adjustable on said beams on opposite sides of and relatively to said arch, and means operable to impart adjusting movement to said means.

2. An agricultural machine consisting of a beam, a second beam, an arch on one of said beams, a draft tongue, means to secure said beams and tongue together at said arch, earth-working means supported and laterally adjustable on said beams on opposite sides of and relatively to said arch, means operable to impart adjusting movement to said means, wheels for the machine, and one of said wheels, being adjustable laterally relatively to the other wheel and independently of said eartl'i-working means.

3. An agricultural machine consisting of a beam, a second beam having an arch and arms extending from said arch on opposite sides thereof and at a distance below said first beam, sleeves slidable on said arms and on said first beams, link levers connected to said sleeves, connecting rods for said levers, means associated with one of said connecting rods operable to slide said sleeves laterally on said arms and said first beam, links extending from said sleeves, standards pivoted to said links, levers, means operatively connecting said last levers and said standards whereby the elevation of said standards may be varied, and earth-working means supported on said second beams.

4. An agricultural machine consisting of a beam, a beam below the same having an arch, a beam intermediate said beams, said arch having arms on opposite sides thereof, means to adjustably mount earth-working means on said arms and intermediate beam, adjusting means for the earth-working means disposed on the first mentioned beam, a draft tongue, and means to secure said beams together and said tongue thereto at said arch.

An agricultural machine consisting of a beam, a beam below the same having an arch and arms extending on opposite sides thereof, earth working means including sleeves slidable on said arms, a beam disposed intermediate said beams and on which said sleeves are slidable, means to move said sleeves toward and from each other, brackets slidable on the first beam, and adjusting means for the earth-working means mounted by and extending from said brackets.

In testimonywhereoflatfix my signature.

FREDERICK H. LIESS. 

